Bachelor of Arts [B.A] [Law] From School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London

In an increasingly interconnected world, law is no longer the preserve of single jurisdictions as legal issues are no respecters of national borders. A SOAS Law degree addresses this need by providing our students with an educational experience that equips you with a distinctive set of skills far beyond what is offered by most traditional Law Schools.

The SOAS Law Combined Honours Degree is a 3 or 4-year full time degree, which aims to produce highly skilled, civic minded and critically engaged graduates, who can effectively contribute to their communities and societies through the knowledge and skills gained on this course.

The nature of theÊLaw and ... Combined HonoursÊprogramme offered byÊSOAS University of LondonÊenables you to develop a specialist niche for yourself by studying a second subject.

What subjects can you combine it with?

• Other disciplines -ÊDevelopment Studies, Economics, Geography, History of Art/ Archaeology, Linguistics, Politics, Study of Religions, Social Anthropology.

• LanguagesÊÐÊAfrican Studies, Arabic, Burmese, Chinese, Georgian, Hebrew, Indonesian, Persian, Swahili, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese.

Careers

The degree structure provides students with a combined law degree aimed primarily at those not wishing to become practicing lawyers. It provides students with a wide range of analytical and transferable skills suitable for any profession in which a non-specialised degree is required.

Skills gained include:

• specialist knowledge of comparative law, human rights, environmental law and international law

• choosing to study a combined degree programme will increase the breadth of your knowledge, and will develop additional skills

• the ability to think laterally and employ critical reasoning

• analytical skills

• problem-solving skills

• the ability to formulate sound arguments

• ability to interpret and explain complex information clearly

• communication and presentation skills

SOAS Law graduates have gone on to pursue careers directly related to law, or used their skills and expertise to get take up professional and management careers in both the private and public sectors. ÊThe Law degree programmes have also enabled graduates to continue in the field of research either at SOAS or other institutions.